Dr Dre
Leaked Video of Dr. Dre in 2014 Almost Damaged the Apple and Beats Deal
Apple acquired Dr. Dre's Beats line back in 2014. Since that time, Beats has been an intregal part of Apple's audio line. However, according to Tripp Mickle’s book After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul (via iMore), the deal was in jeopardy at one point due to a leaked video of Dr....
Jimmy Iovine Trying to Make Apple Music ‘A Cultural Point of Reference’
It’s no secret that Apple is looking to move into the television market, but a new interview with Jimmy Iovine, one of the executives in charge of Apple Music, said the company isn’t looking to create a subscription-based video streaming service akin to Netflix. In a new piece from Variety, Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine discussed...
Judge Dismisses Monster Lawsuit Alleging Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Committed Fraud
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has dismissed Monster's allegations that Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine pirated the headphones away from Monster and its founder, Noel Lee, reports the Associated Press. The summary judgement, issued late Monday, closes the main chapter of the year-long case. The case was scheduled to go to trial...
Drake’s “Hotline Bling” Video Was Financed by Apple Music
Last Friday the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Apple is making its own TV show, Vital Sign, a six-episode series starring Dr. Dre, who, by the way, was the creative mind behind it. Considering that sources have spoken about a show with a heavy accent on sex and violence, it cast doubts on Apple's...
Apple’s First Scripted TV Series to Reportedly Star Dr. Dre
In line with previous reports claiming Apple is interested in developing original TV shows streamed exclusively to iTunes customers, the Hollywood Reporter has learned that Apple is making its first original television show, starring Dr. Dre. Besides starring in the show, Dr. Dre will also be executive producing his own six-episode TV series, dubbed as...
Dr. Dre Apologizes to “Women He Hurt”, Apple Releases Statement
When the recently released Dr. Dre biopic movie (about his hip-hop group, N.W.A.) Straight Outta Compton officially launched in theatres, critics began questioning why important details were completely missing from the movie. Think N.W.A's record of misogyny and the fact that Dr. Dre physically abused women, reports the New York Times. Dr. Dre was accused...
Apple: Dr. Dre’s ‘Compton’ Album Streamed 25 Million Times in One Week
Dr. Dre’s new album “Compton: A Soundtrack”, debuted exclusively on Apple Music for its launch and the iPhone maker has announced the latter has streamed 25 million times worldwide in its first week, to go with almost 500,000 downloads sold in iTunes, according to the New York Times: Dr. Dre’s album “Compton: A Soundtrack” —...
You Can Now Preview Dr. Dre’s New Album ‘Compton’ on Apple Music
Apple Music is now exclusively streaming a preview of Dr. Dre’s ‘final’ album, Compton. The famed rapper will be donating the sale royalties from this album “to help fund a new performing arts facility in Compton, California.” https://twitter.com/AppleMusic/status/629383453092352000 https://twitter.com/AppleMusic/status/629371726820937728 Streaming of the new album is available right now, from 6PM-9PM PDT (9PM-12 midnight EDT). This...
Dr. Dre Details Long-Awaited ‘Compton: A Soundtrack’, Available Exclusively on Apple Music
Dr. Dre has announced “Compton: A Soundtrack” during his Beats 1 radio show “The Pharmacy.” He was joined on the show by Ice Cube and Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray. The album comes on the heels of the wait for “Detox,” Dre’s long-awaited follow-up to 1999's The Chronic 2001. “After releasing singles such...
Apple Announces Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 Radio Show Called ‘The Pharmacy’
Today Apple announced that Dr. Dre’s radio show, called “The Pharmacy,” will premiere on Saturday, July 4 at 3PM PST and will broadcast every week thereafter at the same time. According to a report from Billboard, the hour long show will be co-hosted by Dre and Eddie Francis and will feature recording artists Wyann Vaughn...
NYT Interviews Apple Music DJ Zane Lowe, Reveals Celebrity Programming
In a few days Apple customers worldwide will be able to tune in to a supercharged radio station, Beats 1, the "brainchild" of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. It aims to differentiate itself from other global radio stations by becoming a reflection of the rapidly changing world of pop, Zane Lowe, Britain's most influential...
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Launching Academy of Innovation at USC
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the duo behind the success of Beats, which has recently been purchased by Apple for $3 billion, is launching an interdisciplinary program at the University of Southern California called the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, aimed at creating a dream factory, that will “inspire, challenge, and...